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Pre-writing activities for improving students' connections to literature Lesson PlanPre-writing activities for improving students' connections to literature Lesson Plan
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5th - 6th
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Pre-writing activities for improving students' connections to literature

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Learners, while reading a novel together in class, jot in their journals any connections to their own lives they can make between the text and self, text to text or text to the world. Various themes are connected to open more doors to the outside world for each student (p rewriting).

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